Virtual Server alternatives

[~J~]

Just been reading that MS VirtualServer is now available as a free download (http://www.microsoft.com/virtualserver)

Does anyone know of an alternative product that will allow me to run various operating systems within an emulated environment?

I've heard about something call VMWare, but don't know if this will allow me to create 'files' that have a multitude of OS's on that I can run.

Any ideas?

 

[~J~]

VMware is really the market leader so I'm sure their software will do everything you want.

Cheers, just been looking on their site now.

If I wanted to run Linux to test some programs, with Virtual Server I'd create a VHD and boot from that.

Do I need the VMServer to do the same, or is it the the VMPlayer. I can't seem to see which is better suited for my purposes.